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Miss Oregon visiting air base Tuesday

Airmen at the Portland Air National Guard Base in Portland were hosting the newly-crowned Miss Oregon Tuesday.

CC Barber, 22, of Scappoose, who was crowned Miss Oregon July 18, at the Miss Oregon Scholarship Pageant in Seaside, was set to tour units at the 142nd Fighter Wing.

Her tour will include Fighter Wing Flight Operations, Life Support, maintenance shops, base security forces, the new base firehouse, and the 125th Special Tactics Squadron. Barber will also be able to view an F-15 Eagle.

The 142nd Fighter Wing is located at the Portland Air National Guard Base in Portland, Ore. Approximately 1,000 airmen at the wing are tasked with the Air Sovereignty Alert Mission and the security of the Pacific Northwest region.

Barber graduated from Scappoose High School as a varsity athlete with an honors diploma in 2005. She is in her final semester as at Samuel Merritt University as a nursing student, and hopes to receive a Bachelor Degree in nursing in the field of neonatology.